Making Sense of Sexual Rights of the Disabled in Today’s Social–Cultural–Digital World

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Yau, Carmen. 2023. Making Sense of Sexual Rights of the Disabled in Today’s Social–Cultural–Digital World. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 52(8), pp. 3279-3283. ISSN 0004-0002 [Article]

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Benoit et al.’s (2022) Target Article provides an intensive scoping review to explore “sexual assistance” as a contentious service option to actualize sex rights of people living with disabilities (PLWD). The Target Article identifies the breadth of the academic scholarship and categorizes them as a sex-positive cultural script and a sex-negative cultural script. Regarding the sex-negative cultural script, Benoit et al. highlight the impact of ableism and the medical model in shaping the negative assumptions and concerns aimed at safeguarding people living with disabilities. Regarding the sex-positive cultural script, Benoit et al. raised the assumption that PLWD have equal rights as the majority of people. In general, Benoit et al.’s Target Article is insightful and useful for readers looking to better understand discussions about the sexual rights of people living with disabilities. This Commentary aims to make sense of disability, sexual assistance, and sexual citizenship of PLWD in today’s social–cultural–digital era.

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Article

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02585-8

Additional Information:

This Commentary refers to the article available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02372-x.

Keywords:

sexual rights, disability, sexual assistance, sexual citizenship

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Social, Therapeutic & Community Engagement (STaCS)

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